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Legal and Labor Studies

Legal and Labor Studies is a research topic within Industrial relations. Science Explorer counts 4.2k research works in it since 1952. 8.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of labor relations, digital economy, and platform work. It delves into topics such as collective bargaining, worker rights in the gig economy, remote monitoring of workers, social policy implications, and the geopolitical context within the European Union.

  • Labor Relations
  • Digital Economy
  • Platform Work
  • Collective Bargaining
  • Worker Rights
  • Gig Economy
  • Remote Monitoring
  • Social Policy
  • Geopolitics
  • European Union
Research works
4.2k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
358
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+3%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Legal and Labor Studies research?

By volume, Italy and France publish the most (327 and 109 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Italy 327 works
  2. 2 France 109 works
  3. 3 Spain 57 works
  4. 4 United States 23 works
  5. 5 Brazil 12 works
  6. 6 ?? 12 works
  7. 7 Mexico 10 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 10 works
  9. 9 Belgium 7 works
  10. 10 Croatia 6 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Italy: 57.1%France: 19.1%Spain: 9.9%United States: 4.0%6 others listed: 9.9%57%largest
Italy327 · 57.1%France109 · 19.1%Spain57 · 9.9%United States23 · 4.0%6 others listed57 · 9.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Legal and Labor Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Florence publishes the most Legal and Labor Studies research, followed by University of Milan and University of Bologna.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of FlorenceItaly 33 works
  2. 2 University of MilanItaly 32 works
  3. 3 University of BolognaItaly 15 works
  4. 4 University of Bari Aldo MoroItaly 13 works
  5. 5 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 12 works
  6. 6 University of PisaItaly 10 works
  7. 7 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 10 works
  8. 8 University of SienaItaly 10 works
  9. 9 University of Naples Federico IIItaly 8 works
  10. 10 University of TrentoItaly 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Legal and Labor Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Legal and Labor Studies include Antonio Colombo.

  1. 1 Antonio Colombo Italy 1.8k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Legal and Labor Studies research done?

The largest centres of Legal and Labor Studies research in 2022–2025 are Milan (Italy), Rome (Italy), Florence (Italy) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Florence and Milan.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Milan Italy 47 works
  2. 2 Rome Italy 42 works
  3. 3 Florence Italy 41 works
  4. 4 Paris France 27 works
  5. 5 Madrid Spain 21 works
  6. 6 Naples Italy 17 works
  7. 7 Bologna Italy 17 works
  8. 8 Bari Italy 14 works
  9. 9 Venice Italy 12 works
  10. 10 Pisa Italy 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FlorenceIT · 41.1 works78×
  2. MilanIT · 47.1 works25×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Legal and Labor Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Legal and Labor Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Naples Federico II, University of Milan and University of Siena score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 14.5111%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Naples Federico II: 8, 28.0%University of Milan: 32, 12.7%University of Siena: 10, 22.8%University of Florence: 33, 15.1%University of Bologna: 15, 22.1%University of Bari Aldo Moro: 13, 5.1%Sapienza University of Rome: 12, 21.4%University of Pisa: 10, 0.0%Ca' Foscari University of Venice: 10, 3.4%University of Naples…University of SienaUniversity of FlorenceUniversity of Milan
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of Naples Federico IIItaly 52.628.0%21.6×8 +201.8%
2 University of MilanItaly 46.712.7%78.1×32 +73.3%
3 University of SienaItaly 45.022.8%78.6×10 +165.6%
4 University of FlorenceItaly 43.015.1%100.9×33 +32.6%
5 University of BolognaItaly 42.222.1%29.4×15 +32.3%
6 University of Bari Aldo MoroItaly 33.75.1%65.4×13 +280.0%
7 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 32.721.4%16.9×12 +43.3%
8 University of PisaItaly 25.30.0%34.4×10 +330.0%
9 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 13.93.4%65.1×10 +114.6%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Legal and Labor Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Legal and Labor Studies.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.